Acts 23:34

And the governor having read it, and having questioned from what province he was, and having found out that he was from Cilicia,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;

In Context

33who, after coming to Caesarea and having delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him.

35he said, I will hear thee when thine accusers also will arrive. And he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.

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Cross References

Esther 8:9Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third [day] of it. And it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and rulers

Daniel 6:1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom,

Acts 6:9But some of those from the synagogue called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up disputing with Stephen.

Acts 21:39But Paul said, I am really a Jewish man of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. And I beg thee, allow me to speak to the people.

Matthew Henry on Acts 23:13-35

A Conspiracy against Paul; Paul Sent to Felix. 12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. 15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring… Read the whole commentary →

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